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School bus safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: 8 recommendations

  • Written by Jesse Capecelatro, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
imageMask mandates, open windows and empty seats can help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

Short trips. Masks for everyone. Far fewer passengers than before.

Those are my top recommendations for how America’s school buses should take kids to and from school during the pandemic.

I am a professor of mechanical and aerospace...

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Video: How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics

  • Written by Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson at The Ohio State University have been studying ice cores from around the world for over 30 years. They collect, store and study ice cores to understand the history of the Earth’s climate and preserve them for future scientists. In this interview, they explain how ice cores preserve evidence of rare...

Read more: Video: How ancient ice cores show ‘black swan’ events in history – even pandemics

Does publishing tuition prices influence college choice?

  • Written by Dominique Baker, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Southern Methodist University
imageFamilies and students need a clear understanding of what makes a college affordable for their enrollment decisions.Peter Dazeley/Photodisc via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

A federal effort to identify less affordable colleges makes little difference in students’ decisions of which...

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Mail-in voting lessons from Oregon, the state with the longest history of voting by mail

  • Written by Priscilla Southwell, Professor Emerita of Political Science, University of Oregon
imageA county election worker gets mailed-in ballots ready to be counted, in this file photo from 2016.AP Photo/Don Ryan

Oregon voters have long cast their ballots by mail in many types of elections, including for local, state and federal offices. They started doing so in 1987 – and have voted exclusively by mail in all elections since 1998.

For...

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Citizenship delays imperil voting for hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the 2020 election

  • Written by Ming Hsu Chen, Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder
imageCitizenship means the ability to vote, as naturalized citizen Cici Carpio declared in April 2019 in El Paso, Texas.Paul Ratje / AFP/Getty Images

Citizenship unlocks voting rights for immigrants in America. The long wait for naturalized citizenship imperils those rights for a growing number of immigrants.

A backlog is defined as the “number of...

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Indian Americans can be an influential voting bloc – despite their small numbers

  • Written by Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
imageDemocratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Senator Kamala Harris being picked by Joe Biden as his running mate has put a spotlight on the Indian American community in the United States.

The interest, in part, stems from her origins: Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a biologist from the Indian city of Chennai....

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Addiction treatment shrinks during the pandemic, leaving people with nowhere to turn

  • Written by Elizabeth Chiarello, Associate Professor of Sociology, Saint Louis University
imageJosh Ledesma displays safe injection supplies with outreach specialist Rachel Bolton outside the Access Drug User Health Program drop-in center in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 31, 2020. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

COVID-19 has overshadowed the U.S. opioid crisis, but that doesn’t mean opioid addiction has gone away....

Read more: Addiction treatment shrinks during the pandemic, leaving people with nowhere to turn

Chess is taking over the online video game world – and both are changing from this unlikely pairing

  • Written by Ilya Brookwell, Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside
imageChess is exploding in popularity on the video game streaming site Twitch.tv B. Aa. Sætrenes/Moment Mobile via Getty Images

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess grandmaster, Hikaru...

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American environmentalism's racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation

  • Written by Prakash Kashwan, Co-Director, Research Program on Economic and Social Rights, Human Rights Institute, and Associate Professor, Department of Political Science., University of Connecticut
imageJohn James Audubon relied on African Americans and Native Americans to collect some specimens for his 'Birds of America' prints (shown: Florida cormorant), but never credited them. National Audubon Society, CC BY

The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans...

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El tiempo fuera bien aplicado mejora el comportamiento de los niños

  • Written by Lucy (Kathleen) McGoron, Assistant Professor of Child and Family Development, Wayne State University
imageEsta técnica de modificación del comportamiento reduce los signos de agresión y contribuye a que los niños sigan las normas familiares. Brooke Fasani Auchincloss/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, ahora la mayoría de los padres pasan más tiempo de lo habitual con sus hijos,...

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  7. US punishes International Criminal Court for investigating potential war crimes in Afghanistan
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  9. What college students need to know about liability waivers for COVID-19
  10. US unemployment data fail to capture COVID-19's full impact – here's how to fix it fast
  11. Why the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' is still pushed by anti-Semites more than a century after hoax first circulated
  12. Looser standards for showerheads could send a lot of water and money down the drain
  13. With Kamala Harris, Americans yet again have trouble understanding what multiracial means
  14. How to use precision medicine to personalize COVID-19 treatment according to the patient's genes
  15. Las abejas no pueden mantener la 'sana distancia', pero así evitan enfermarse en plena pandemia
  16. Will the new 15-minute COVID-19 test solve US testing problems?
  17. If Trump refuses to accept defeat in November, the republic will survive intact, as it has 5 out of 6 times in the past
  18. Can a college course teach students to 'unlearn' racism?
  19. Race and class can color teachers’ digital expectations for their students – with white students getting more encouragement
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  21. Why sign language is vital for all deaf babies, regardless of cochlear implant plans
  22. Ethnic diversity on campus helps break down stereotypes
  23. Don't be so shocked at the Falwell claims – research on Christian sex websites reveals an adventurous side to evangelical sexual culture
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  40. The US has lots to lose and little to gain by banning TikTok and WeChat
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